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Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on 'The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland'. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…

This Sunday, I will join 100,000 other supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the United States – a cause to which Atlantic has been deeply committed since 2004 – in a march on Washington to demand that the U.S. Congress act this year. I hope…

The Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) Project is an Atlantic grantee. Inez McCormack, the well known trade union, women’s and human rights activist, returns to Northern Ireland today (Monday 15 March) following Meryl Streep’s portrayal of her life in a New York play…

The Government of the Republic of Ireland has slipped to an overall D- grade in the Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card 2010, a publication released 25 January, which grades Government on progress in its own commitments to children in the areas of Education, Health, Material…

The USHRF has helped build the capacity of social justice groups like the Border Network for Human Rights, to use a human rights framework in their advocacy and organising efforts across the country. USHRF makes grants in four priority areas: human rights training and education,…

Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee.by RUADHÁN MacCORMAIC, Migration CorrespondentMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday confirmed that foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area who have become undocumented through no fault of their own would soon be eligible to apply for a…

Original Source Age Action, Barnardos, Focus Ireland, and St. Vincent de Paul are Atlantic grantees. by ELAINE EDWARDS TRADE UNIONS and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) have formed a joint campaign group to oppose proposed cuts in social welfare payments or the minimum wage. The move…

by ANN FARMER Jose was 14 when he left his home in Oaxaca, Mexico, and paid a smuggler $1,200 to sneak him across the border. He made it to Phoenix and started on a long and familiar odyssey as he scratched out a living, first…

By ALINA TUGEND Original Source A FEW years ago, a friend of my son’s asked that, instead of getting him presents for his 11th birthday, guests donate to a certain charity. I asked my son if he would like to do something similar for his…

Philanthropy adapts to the Obama era. Original Source by Lauren Foster Last November, two weeks after Barack Obama was elected president, Gara LaMarche took to the podium at the annual meeting of Southern California Grantmakers. The president and chief executive of The Atlantic Philanthropies was…